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World War Two Hawker Hurricane – The Facts

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Hurricane

Known as the workhorse of World War Two, the Hawker Hurricane was part of the reason Allied forces were able to gain victory. The Hurricane…

Nuts! Gen. McAuliffe and the Battle of the Bulge

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McAuliffe

In Hitler’s final push for victory, the Battle of the Bulge involved more than 610,000 American troops from December 1944 to January 1945, with more…

Goodbye, Last of The Few and Wing Commander Roger Morewood [1916-2014]

    One of the last surviving RAF pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain [collectively known as The Few] Wing Commander Roger Morewood…

Box of 1939 Illustrations with Adolf Hitler Pictures Discovered by Pensioner

Pensioner and wartime evacuee, 73-year-old Paul Leveene, discovered that the dusty box which had been in his care for forty years now contained some surprising memorabilia…

Langenstein-Zwieberge Camp, WWII Nazi Prison House, Attacked by Bulldozer

Langenstein-Zwieberge Camp, a WWII Nazi concentration bivouac, was attacked by a bulldozer operated by unknown assailants just a month after the well-known Arbeit macht frei from the Dachau…

Was Alan Turing Murdered? Author Roger Bristow Says “Yes”

The verdict about Alan Turing’s suicide had been pronounced some 60 years ago but author Roger Bristow is set to change everything about the brilliant mathematician’s…

Battle of the Bulge recollected in officer’s account

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Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge was a surprise German attack on Allied forces in Belgium’s Ardennes region and ended up being part of the German’s…

The WWI Soldier Who “Promised to be Home for Christmas” But Never Did

WWI soldier Private Charles P. Johnson promised his younger sister Mamie and his family in his letter that he would be home for Christmas to have…

USS Houston, being raided for salvage and valuables

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battleship

An investigation and resulting report by a joint US-Indonesian Navy team has found that the USS Houston,  located in the Sunda Strait is being raided…

World War Two unexploded ordnance legacy is finally cleared from the Pacific island of Bougainville

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In an interview on New Zealand’s Dateline Pacific radio programme, Captain Richard Capel has described the recent de-arming and removal of remaining World War Two…

Soviet soldier turned French Resistance officer dies at age of 95

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Soviet soldier

World War Two Soviet soldier, Nikolai Vasenin spent the war working tirelessly against German forces. But when he returned to the USSR after the war,…

Memories of WWII Vet Ed McCarron and the Dog Tag He was Recently Reunited With

WWII veteran Ed McCarron got reunited with the dog tag he had lost somewhere in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during the Second World War. Know the…